Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor using offset code for counting
- Patent Title (中): 图像传感器使用偏移码进行计数
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Application No.: US13770836Application Date: 2013-02-19
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Publication No.: US09083368B2Publication Date: 2015-07-14
- Inventor: Jin Woo Kim , Kyoung Min Koh , Kyung-Min Kim , Hee Sung Chae
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Volentine & Whitt, PLLC
- Priority: KR10-2012-0027959 20120319
- Main IPC: H04N5/335
- IPC: H04N5/335 ; H03M1/12 ; H04N5/376 ; H04N5/378 ; H03M1/08 ; H03M1/56

Abstract:
An image sensor includes multiple counters and a counter controller. Each counter of the multiple counters is configured to perform counting of a comparison result signal and to generate a count result, the comparison result signal being obtained by comparing a ramp signal and a pixel signal of a column of multiple columns. The counter controller is configured to generate and transmit a counter clock signal and (n−1) delay clock signals to the counters, respectively, “n” being a natural number equal to or greater than two. Each delay clock signal of the (n−1) delay clock signals is obtained by delaying the counter clock signal by a corresponding offset code.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130243147A1 IMAGE SENSOR USING OFFSET CODE FOR COUNTING Public/Granted day:2013-09-19
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